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Found in 159 Collections and/or Records:

Makini Niliwambieni interview, 2018-05-21

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc010
Scope and Contents Makini Niliwambieni a.k.a. Mama Makini reflects on her life and what brought her to dedicate decades to performing, choreographing, and teaching African styles of dance. She talks about growing-up in Trenton, NJ, where she was exposed to “Black Arts” coming out of the Civil Rights Movement. She first started attending African Dance classes as part of the African People’s Action School, which was closely related to the socialist All African People Revolutionary Party founded by Kwame NKrumah...
Dates: 2018-05-21
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 10: Oral History of DanceAfrica, D.C. / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Marcia Howard Interview, 2020-06-11

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc021
Scope and Contents Marcia Howard, long-time company member of Coyaba Dance Theater and coordinator of the Coyaba Youth Academy, reflects on her life and passion for dance. Howard speaks about her childhood growing up in Baltimore, her dance training, and early recollections of racial tension in the country. After a brief hiatus, Howard talks about how dance reentered her life and became her sole purpose, leading her to travel around the world to perform and study dances of the African diaspora, as well as hold...
Dates: 2020-06-11
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 21: Oral History of DanceAfrica, D.C. / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Marie Mills interview, 2019-06-08

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc018
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Marie Mills discusses her life growing up in Riggs Park, gentrification in the District, caring for her elderly parents, her introduction to The Davis Center and Ms. Beatrice Davis-Williams, and the importance of The Davis Center on the D.C. community and her family.

Dates: 2019-06-08
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 18: The Davis Center Oral History Project / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Marion Hines interview, 2021-06-10

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc034_02.wav
Abstract Educator, administrator, editor and musician, Dr. Marion E. Hines reflects on her life of 80 years, including her work in the DC Public Schools and two universities; her education in the public schools, then at Howard University and Georgetown University; her approach to teaching languages; her love of travel and music. She speaks in depth about the Wesleyan Choir of Asbury United Methodist Church, what it means to her and to the church; Asbury’s participation in various historic events such...
Dates: 2021-06-10
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 34: Asbury United Methodist Church Oral History Project / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Melvin Deal interview, 2018-05-14

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc010
Scope and Contents "Melvin Deal reflects on his work performing, choreographing, managing, and promoting African dance, which he has been involved in for over half a century. He speaks about how when he started dancing it was generally understood that you had to do ballet, if you wanted to be successful. But he was drawn to African dance and decided to follow that desire. At the time, decolonization was happening in Africa. Part of his work was fighting stereotypes about Africa. He reflects that at the time...
Dates: 2018-05-14
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 10: Oral History of DanceAfrica, D.C. / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Mia 'Mimi' Evans interview, 2020-12-06

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc026_05.wav
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This is an individual interview of Mimi Evans in which she discusses being a Black mixologist, mother, and small business owner in the D.C. metropolitan area, and the effects of gentrification, the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 protests on her personal and professional life

Dates: 2020-12-06
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 26: From Pandemic to Protest: Black Bartenders in Washington, D.C. / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Michelle Hamilton interview, 2019-06-28

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc019
Scope and Contents

Michelle Hamilton describes her early life, schooling, education, career, family and her experience as a resident of the Barry Farm Housing project.

Dates: 2019-06-28
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 19: Empower D.C. - Barry Farm Oral History Project / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Moretha Johnson interview, 2021-06-12

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc034_03.wav
Abstract Moretha Johnson, a lifelong Washingtonian, grew up in a family of singers including her mother. As a child she became involved at Asbury United Methodist Church and went on to attend Sunday school and Methodist Youth Fellowship, sing in different choirs and help lead the Brighter Day and Crocheting for Christ ministries to assist bereaved people and to make crocheted items for babies and unhoused people. She recalled attending the March on Washington and being helped home by a co-worker when...
Dates: 2021-06-12
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 34: Asbury United Methodist Church Oral History Project / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Morgan Butler interview video, 2022

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Identifier: dcpl_237_FeedBack_ButlerMorgan.mp4
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Butler (she/they) narrates their experiences at Busboys and Poets, first as a child and later as a poet and employee. She explores the cultural role that Busboys has played in DC along with gentrification in the city and how it has impacted arts spaces. Butler describes their understanding of the responsibility that business owners have toward the communities that they serve, in particular DC’s local Black community.

Dates: 2022
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Feed/Back Oral History Project / Series 1: Interiews

Muriel Tillinghast interview, 2021-12-13

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Identifier: dcpl_220_007.mp4
Abstract In this interview, Muriel discusses her childhood and her years as a young woman. Muriel discusses her experiences navigating her K-12 schools. Most notably, Muriel discusses her experience of racism and racial integration at Roosevelt High School. Muriel draws from her experiences and the observations she made of her classmates. Muriel discusses her higher education experiences at Howard University. During this time and after graduating from Roosevelt, Muriel was able to travel for social...
Dates: Other: 2021-12-13
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Mapping Segregation in Washington D.C. Oral History Project / Series 1: Interviews

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